Attachment for shears.



PATENTED JUNE 23, 19013."

W. KANTER.

ATTACHMENT FOR SHEARS.

APPLIOATION'IILED SEPT. 24, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED, STATES i PATENT Patented June 23, 1903.

OFFICE.

ATTACHMENT FOR SHEARS.

QPEGIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 731,687, datedJ'une 23, 1903. Application filed September 24, 1902. Serial No. 124,665. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LWILLIAM KANTER, a citi-i zen of the United. States, residing atGleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and usefullmprovement in Attachments for Shears; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an attachment for scissors or shears; and the object of the invention is to provide an attachment with a shield to protect the eyes of a barber when engaged in cutting hair.

It is well known amougbarbersthat when hair is being out, especially when hair is short,-

there is a constant tendency of the clipped hair to fly away from the scissors and lodge in the barbers eye.

This ever-present danger in cutting hair is exceedingly annoying to a barber, as I can bear witness out of my own experience, and I have therefore con ceived the idea of a shield which is adapted aside elevation of a i the claims.

to be detachably supported on the shears or scissors of whatever size and is so constructed that it serves as a perfect shield, while it I also is transparent, so as to enable the barber to see through the shield to his work.

Theinveution therefore consists in a shield for shears or scissors and in the combination therewith substantially as shown and described, and particularly as pointed out in In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is pair of shears with my new attachment thereon, and Fig. 2 is an edge view of the shears with the attachment as in 40 :Fig. 2;

Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a cross-section on line a; no,

and Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line 2 2:,Fig. 1.

As thus shown, A represents any wellknown shears or scissors, and in this instance presumably of a size adapted for barbers use in cutting hair.

So far as my invention is concerned there is no change whatever needed in the construction of the shears, as it is adapted to any pair of shears or scissors now made and used, provided the size of the shield be suitable there-. for, and for this reason I make shields of different sizes adapted to thediiferent sizes of shears'or scissors.

The shield is a simple device,which may be struck up entire from one piece of, metal or made from two pieces, 'as'it is in this instance, and given the necessary shape to engage it upon the scissors. In its details the said shield is shown as having what may be termed its body portion 0, forminga support which is of suitable springy metal, and to this there is permanently affixed a light oblong frame a, which runs nearly to a point at the point of the scissors-blade and is substantially U shape in cross-section, so as to provide a suitable channel along its inner edge all around to set inthe transparent portion or window d, which may be of isinglass, mica, or even of ordinary glass, if suitably made. This really is the shielding portion, and it is rounded in cross-section, especially in its inner portion, and tapered and fiattened thence toward its point and engaged all aroundin or upon frame 0'.

The body portion 0 of the attachment is adapted to be clamped upon the shank b on either blade or part B of the scissors, and it may be reversed in position, according as the shears'are to be used upon one side or the other. This reversal from one shank Z) to the other is accomplished in a moment, and the attachment may be removed and laid aside Withequalfacility. Itwillalsobeseenthatthe said body 0 of the attachment has a lip d on its under side adapted to come beneath the butt of the blade to which it is attached, Fig. 3, and this holds the attachment down in position, while the clamping-ears 2 and 3 on the sides of the said body rest firmly over the sides of the shank b, as seen in Figs. 1 and 4. The part 0 being of spring metal, this is easily done, and a wire support will also serve my purposethat is, I may make the 'entiresupporting portion 0 and c of wire or equivalent material in one or more. pieces. As here shown, the upper end of frame 0 is brazed to the body 0', while the lower end is shown as riveted thereon. Any convenient way of securing it may be adopted when made in two pieces. It will also. be noticed that frame 0 is caused to stand out from the blades of the shears relatively, as shown, so as to avoid possible obstruction in work, and the hair that flies out against it simply drops down and is never in the way.

I might, of course, construct the supporting portion 0 differently if I used difierent means of attachment; but this is not deemed material, as any convenient way of attaching may be used and be within my invention.

What I claim is- 1. As a new article of manufacture, an eyeprotecting attachment for shears and scissors having a transparent shield, said attachment constructed to be supported from one of the handles of the shears, substantially as set forth. 7

2. An attachment for shears and scissors having a transparent shield for the eyes adap ted to come opposite the cutting edges of the shears or scissors, and a framework supporting the said transparent part, substantially as shown.

3. An attachment for scissors consisting of a body constructed to be detachably secured upon the scissors and having a transparent shield for the eyes lengthwise thereof to lie opposite the cutting edges of the blades, substantially as shown.

4. A pair of scissors, in combination with a transparent shield for the eyes affixed thereto, substantially as described.

Witness my hand to the foregoing specification this 13th day of September, 1902.

. WILLIAM KANTER.

Witnesses:

R. B. MOSER, H. T. FISHER. 

